GREAT
QUOTES
FROM
SRI SRI
RAVISHANKAR
Sri Sri Ravishankar is the apostle of peace, love and Yoga in today’s world torn
by violence and unrest of all sorts.
Guruji’s
words are always a big treat for his disciples, followers and fans spread all
over the world.
Here are
some of his recent Quotable Quotes . I do Hope, the readers will love them. Due
to the number of quotes, I am putting them in 2 blog Posts. This is the first –
and is followed in the next. Kindly read both of them
POST-1
1. When you sit and think, “When will I get happiness,”
you won’t get it. When you see your happiness in the happiness of others,
that’s when you will be truly happy.
2. If our legacy to the coming generations is a
set of laws to run the world by, they will continue to fight over rights. But
if we could show them the right values to live by, we will leave an inheritance
they can cherish.
3. Love is a deep desire to bless the creation.
4.
If you
manipulate words, it is a lie.
If you play on words, it is a joke.
If you rely on words, it is ignorance but
if you transcend words, it is wisdom.
5. Have this faith that someone is there to take
away your weaknesses. Ok, you slipped once, twice, thrice. It does not matter.
Keep moving ahead. People take vows never to commit mistakes again. Breaking
the vows makes it worse. Surrendering is better.
6. Your
guilt for celebration is only if it is for your own pleasure. If celebration is
aimed at uniting hearts and minds of people around you, if it is to help them
to let go the traumatic past and kindle a light of hope for the future, if your celebration is
aimed at uplifting society, then guilt will come nowhere near you. That type of
a celebration is service; it is sacred. Turn your celebration into a sacred
offering for society rather than the self-centered pleasure seeking one.
7. We have been educated in many disciplines. We
may know how to operate a complex computer but we falter when faced with the
forces that make up life. No one teaches us how to live life. We need to make
that extra effort to learn more about our own mind and ego, and find out who we
are and why we are here. And only love can help us widen our knowledge and
understanding of life and the world around us.
8. The whole world is one family, so it is
necessary that we live with naturalness and simplicity; only then life
blossoms. The wall that we erect between ourselves and others needs to be
demolished. From your side, drop all inhibitions between you and others. Go on
and shake hands
9. Often you are in a rush in life. When you are
in a rush, you are unable to properly perceive things. The rush to enjoy robs
the joy from life and only denies the happiness and freedom of here and now.
Often you do not even know why you are in a hurry. It almost becomes a
biological phenomenon to be in a rush. Wake up and become aware of the rush in
you!
10. If you are at ease with yourself, everyone will
be at ease with you. Be natural and be simple. Relationships develop naturally.
If you try to build a relationship that is when you become a little artificial.
You like someone to be honest, open, natural, unassuming with you. That is
exactly what others also want from you.
11. When the mind is happy, it expands and time
seems too short. When the mind is unhappy, it contracts and time seems too
long. When the mind is in equanimity, it transcends time.
12. Our youth should know what sacrifices have been
made by the Sikh Gurus. Our country has been preserved by the sacrifice of
Sikhs. This character needs to be inculcated in every child from Kashmir to
Kanyakumari. Corruption exists because there is no sense of sacrifice today.
Listening to Gurbani will create vigour and enthusiasm for service.
13. When the love that you are is kindled, life
itself becomes a scripture, a holy book. Make your life the Geeta, Quran or
Bible. And the key to achieving that is divine love! Becoming a devotee who is
full of Him, lost in Him.
14. Surrender is not submission. What is the
meaning of surrender? It is realizing that everywhere, everything belongs to
the Divine already. “I” am not in control – that is surrender. And with this
realization comes a deep relaxation, a feeling of trust and being at home. Why
is there so much fear about surrender; you think you will lose something? I
tell you, you will gain in the kingdom of world and heaven.
15. For external beauty, you put on things; for
real beauty, you have to drop all things. For external beauty you have to have
make-up; for real beauty you only have to realize that you are already made up.
16. Q: Gurudev, I often get confused. What should I
do?
Sri Sri: Confusion - fusion with consciousness.
Every time you get confused, know that you are growing.
17. People who love peace do not want to fight, and
those who fight do not have peace. What is needed is to be peaceful within and
then fight. Just trying to end a conflict only prolongs it. God has been
putting up with all conflicts throughout the ages and if God can, you can too.
The moment you agree to be with a conflict, it no longer appears as a conflict
to you.
18. One must be blind to say that religion is not a
motivating factor for terrorism. In 26/11, terrorists selectively killed
non-Muslims. May Kasab be born again to understand the others' perspective
& spread peace.
19. How can we experience infinity? It is possible
only through love. Love is the only thing you cannot think about. If you think
about it, it ceases to be love. Lovers talk very silly things; they are not
thinking. They say the same things over and over again a thousand times. Your
reasoning mind is transcended. Whosoever we fall in love with, we are really
falling in love with ourselves.
20. When all doors are shut and you have nowhere to
go, that is when you go within. Every crisis is an opportunity and you are the
beginning.
21. Depression
sets in if there is a lack of zeal to fight. Aggression is the antidote to
depression. Depression is lack of energy; anger and aggression are bolts of
energy. If you are depressed, do not take Prozac - just fight for any cause. This is how Krishna
inspired Arjuna to fight. But if aggression crosses a certain limit, it leads
you back into depression. That is what happened to King Ashoka after the Kalinga
War. He had to take refuge in Buddha. Wise are those who do not fall either
into aggression or depression.
22.
Q: It is said that winners stand alone. Is it
really winning if you stand alone at the top?
Sri Sri: First of all, take
this concept of top and bottom out of your mind. Every place is unique. If
someone has kept you on the top then it is due to the efforts of all those who are at the
bottom. If you happen to be on the top, be totally humble. The more you go up,
the more humble you become. Humility is the sign of success. When there is
humility, there are no obstacles.
23. You must be in the simple and innocent state of
‘‘I don’t know!’’ This life is a beautiful mystery. Just live it! When we live
this mystery of life so totally, then joy dawns.
24. Make others comfortable and you will see that
Nature will take care of your comfort.
25. Q: Dear Guruji, when and how can I achieve the
ultimate bliss?
Sri Sri: No chance. No way. Forget about it. Are you ready to forget it? Then you got it NOW.
Sri Sri: No chance. No way. Forget about it. Are you ready to forget it? Then you got it NOW.
26. You are like a free bird. You are fully open.
Learn to fly. This is something which you have to experience within yourself. If
you consider yourself as bonded, you will remain bound here. When will you
experience freedom? Become free right now. Sit down and become content. Spend
some time in meditation & satsang so that your inner self becomes strong
enough to deal with challenges.
27. Devotion is like a diamond; don’t trade it for
anything made of mud.
28.
Diwali means the festival of lights. Each one
of you is a light to yourself. Today is the day that you also look at all the
wealth you have and feel abundance. Otherwise the mind is always in the space
of lack. From lack, move to abundance.
Here
ends the first post. Kindly also read the second Post on Guruji’s quotable
quotes.
With Pranams
& best wishes
To All
disciples, followers & fans of Guruji
=yours
(v.vijayamohan)
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